Our Team

Darius Fisher

Darius founded UFOPac.org to help expedite the UFO disclosure process and help move this phenomenon from the fringe to the mainstream.

Darius is an entrepreneur and is the CEO of Status Labs, a digital reputation management firm and advisory firm, and Blue Land Partners, a growth marketing agency.

In 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Status Labs was named as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States by Inc. Magazine. Darius and his companies have been interviewed and profiled in publications such as the New York Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Inc Magazine, Daily Beast, Business Insider, Forbes, DuJour Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Sacramento Bee, Chronicle for Higher Ed, & Huffington Post. Darius is also an active angel investor in early-stage technology companies. Darius graduated with honors in economics from Vanderbilt University.

Peter Ragone

Peter Ragone is an American public affairs expert, entrepreneur and investor active in a range of political, corporate and civic efforts. Since 2007 - with a break during his tenure as Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City - Peter has started, advised and invested in companies.

In 2011, Peter founded Exiles, Inc., a company devoted to organizing online clubs for sports fans that live outside the home market of their favorite teams.

Peter has served in advisory roles for a range of local, state and national political figures including United States Vice-President Al Gore, Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. From January 2013 to March 2014, Peter served as Senior Adviser for Strategic Planning for New York Mayor de Blasio.

Matt Mackowiak

Matt is a political consultant who has served as a senior communications aide for two U.S. Senators and a Governor, managed the second largest county in Iowa for the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, and worked at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and in White House advance. He is a weekly columnist for The Washington Times and he hosts a national politics podcast, “Mack on Politics.”

He provides regular political analysis for MSNBC, Sky News, BBC, Fox News, and KTBC Fox 7 in Austin. He has managed client accounts in industries that include: transportation, health care, energy, telecommunications and tech.

Matt graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in political communication in 2003.